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...further discussion of the O.A. is quite to the point--he himself realizes its superiority to any E., however A. His illustration includes one of the key "Wake Up the Grader" phrases--"It is absurd." What force! What gall! What fun! "Ridiculous," "hopeless," "nonsense," on the one hand; "doubtless," "obvious," "unquestionable," on the other, will have the same effect. A hint of nostalgic, anti-academic languor at this stage as well may match the grader's own mood: "It seems more than obvious to one entangles in the petty quibbles of contemporary Medievalists--at times, indeed, approaching the ludicrous--that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply | 1/20/1988 | See Source »

...insists, "it comes down to the quality of what you give them in the theater." So it does. And on that basis the canniest show composer of our time has long since confirmed his standing. But the sure-to-be-smash opening of Phantom will doubtless confirm something else too. The awkward London youth has grown up, conquered Broadway and become what he once only envisioned: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Superstar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Magician of The Musical | 1/18/1988 | See Source »

...will be the best advocate for Harvard's workers? The University has certainly not shown itself to be a perfect employer. While members of the corporation will doubtless point out that Harvard has always followed federal guidelines for fair practices in employment, members of the HUCTW are equally quick to point out that the Corporation has always taken its best advantage of whatever rather "grey" areas of the law it could find...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Issues, not Power | 1/8/1988 | See Source »

...seasoned politicians come to be, but as a salesman and defender of Communism, he was nowhere. He was more convincing on the question of how much he wants, and perhaps needs, to reduce the arms race. A Mike Wallace might have increased the temperature of the exchanges, but Gorbachev doubtless would have made the same points...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Newswatch: High Moments in a Low Key | 12/14/1987 | See Source »

Loners trolling for cans in New York City doubtless include some of the city's 50,000 or so homeless. But they are not always downtrodden. Can Picker John-Ed Croft, 50, abandoned a career as a computer program analyst to take up life as a painter. Croft has been accumulating cans, he says, to pay $11,486.72 he owes the Internal Revenue Service in back taxes. He insists that he plans to deliver his entire can stash to the district IRS office in lower Manhattan. IRS Spokesman Neil O'Keeffe says, "There's no provision for paying taxes with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Give Me Your Wretched Refuse | 11/23/1987 | See Source »

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